to be a day of demonstration in egypt. bay area woman is there. >> scare at school. why east bay elementary children were locked down for hours. 7 news

>> after a week of protests, >> after a week of protests, egypt is on the brink of the biggest cry yet for change. this is a live picture of cairo right now. we have seen a couple of tanks here in this area. this is a country of 80 million. there is a call for at least 1 million demonstrators to take to the street. >> it its tuesday in egypt and march is expected to begin momentarily and when it does the army has pledged not to fire on protestors. we shall see. al help is here. this could be a pivotal day in the uprising. >>reporter: it looks like the military support for egyptian president is slipping. military leaders are pledge military

leaders are pledging not to fire open the protestors saying it recognizes their legitimacy as we enter the eighth day professor test it appears demonstrators settle for nothing less than the resignation of president mubarak. this was the scene in cairo earlier da tonight where people are camped out before tuesday's march. many say the uprising is nearing a did he sigh i have point but the day ban with strong show of support from the army. more tank and armored vehicle and more foot soldiers trying to halt the traffic of protestors. in one incident a soldier fired into the air apparently to hold back a crowd. inside the square there was no violence. but plenty of pent-up rain. >> mubarak we wish for your defeat. you will be defeat. >>reporter: san francisco karen arrived in cairo friday night. checking into the fairmont hotel. >> almost every police station you have has been blown up and

burned. there are burned police vehicles all over town. >>reporter: she says it was quiet monday and phone service returned over the weekend but authorities say mobile phone network will be shut down ahead of tuesday's march. egypt is a key u.s. ally capturing interrogating suspected terrorist and passing on intelligence to the u.s. >> al qaeda wants to create a pro al qaeda government in cairo. if there is change in the regime there they will look for a way to begin that process for a way to begin that process. >>reporter: obama administration is walking a tightrope calling with increasing urgency for democratic reform. but still revving to call for mubarak to step down. >> we ever not picking between those on the street and those in the government. >>reporter: last of egypt internet service providers was also switched off leaving only dial up service for accessing the internet. >> we have no facebook. no internet. no message. >>reporter: but google day

says it launched new service that the allow them to send twitter message without an internet connection. all they have to do is dial a phone number and leave a voice message which is automatically translated into a tweet. >> all right allen reporting thanks. >> indicate 0reported at cairo international airport as thousands of foreigners race to get out of the country. more than 1200 people left on flights today in a scene that promises to play out for days. first evacuatione arrived in after he says, is tan bull chartered by the u.s. state department and cypress. >> we saw people looting. we saw gunfire. people shooting other people. >> two week in egypt we didn't get to see the pyramid. >> mom i'm fine i'll eat and shower and sleep in a bed. >>reporter: of course just getting to the airport is a dauntingó one person counted 19 checkpoint including 9 manned by civilians. >> in this sign of hope today in egypt a man flew a kite in

the color of the egyptian flag over cairo. he said it was not a political statement just a wish for things to get better soon. is that other news. governor brown reference the unrest in egypt in his state of the state address today but focus his message on money. specifically how to deal with california budget crisis. capitol correspondent reports on the governor's call to action. >> honorable pishtion you could call governor brown state of the state address a kick off campaign for june special election to ask voters to extend the temporary tax hike. he targeted republicans who have consistently said they will block the move to put the proposal on the ballot. by citing the civil unrest in egypt and tunisia to make a point democracy should be a guiding force on whet californians should have a voice in his plan. >> democratic ideals and call for the right to vote are still in the imagination of young people, in egypt and tunisia and other parts of the world.

fwhe california captain say now is the time to block a vote of the people. >>reporter: republicans were not con conveniented. they say this is not the time to extend the higher taxes especially since a similar proposal proposition 1 a was already voted down by the people. >> i voted for this once before >> i voted for this once before. i voted for it two years to put it on the ballot. people said no. so i have done my letting the people decide. >>reporter: brown couldn't even get republicans to go along with a joke. >> we need everyone's best thinking. you can applaud on. that republicans. you can aflaw. come on. best thinking aflaw. come on. best thinking. >>reporter: besides sentenced taxes brown budget also rely on 12 billion dollars in cuts to government and social programs. it is a bitter pill democrats are willing to swallow. >> we are looking at cutting programs. huge programs that a lot of us have fought for and supported for decades and we realize we can't keep them any more. >>reporter: republican leader conway says if the people really weren't to vote on the

taxes she won't stan in the way in letting them gather signature to put the proposal on the ballot through the initiative process. in sacramento, abc 7 news. final numbers are in on how much governor brown and whitman spent on the campaign for november election. whitman final tally record 178.5 million dollars. including 144 million of her own money. governor brown campaign spent 36.7 million. campaign filed the final statements today. this was the most expensive non-presidential race in u.s. history. debts fight tough economic times in oakland, mayor kwan announced today that 10 officers will be added to the police force. it's a decision that came as a surprise to almost everyone including the head of the police union. wayne is live in oakland tonight. wayne? >>reporter: this is the difference 6 months can make. since the 80 officers were laid off the force has lost more to attrition but now the city has a new mayor. citizens are

hoping a new attitude. oakland hardly looked like one of the most dangerous cities ins california tonight. it was relatively quiet. and peaceful and based on announcement by the mayor and police chief, may be there will be more quiet night in the future. >> really been a pleasure working with the mayor. she is, working with the mayor. she is, she is not just talking she is backing her actions up and moving forward. >>reporter: by hiring officers. having laid off 80 police last july following budget cut at that time department announced it will higher 10 of the officers back. the news came out of nowhere. surprising even the head of the police union. >> 10 obviously i would like to have it be 80. however it's a step in the right direction. >>reporter: in a city where already been 70 shootings in january alone the move has more symbolic value than practical impact. but resident like dawn link who runs the neighborhood crime council near schaad avenue says every officer on the street can help. >> it's not going to turn the

tide but step in the rate direction. >>reporter: last year the department had 800 officers. now through lay off and attrition it's more like 6 56 with two 75 on patrol. john is one of the officers who lost his job in the layoffs. he says the last 6 months have not been easy nor does he expect to be among the 10 officers hired back. >> difficult out there trying to find another agency. so many officers that are out of jobs. not just in oakland but throughout the state. >>reporter: state with city facing huge deficit who hope they might be bouncing off rock bottom. >> i hope the officers see that the city is going in the right direction working together to make sure that the workplace and environment is the best. >>reporter: about not that this solves all the problems. even now the mayor, police department and union are saying that the police department remains grossly under staffed. the rehirings won't take place immediately. not a mat of days said the chief. more like weeks they will hire through

seniority. they need to contact all the people laid off and go down the list. find out who doesn't have jobs and who want to go back to work. from oakland live abc 7 news. >> all right thank you wayne. >> chief bases his decision on whether to stay in oakland will come this week. on thursday bass said the future was uncertain. he applied to be san jose police chief but he didn't get the job. san jose city manager expected to announce tomorrow that acting chief moore will be that city's new chief. turned out to be a false alarm but police in oakland took no khnlss when someone called them and said there was a man with a gun on an elementary school campus. about the school wept into lock down. officers fanned out across the campus. students stayed in the classroom until heavily armed officers east cored them to nearby lane college. >> all of us got scared because we, we thought that the man was in our class. we stay on the

there are for hours. >>reporter: wow! that long? >> like p-3 hours. >>reporter: what did you do during that whole time. >> i was talking and i was sleeping. about. >> well stay with us. more to come tonight. >> yes. still ahead. the sudden death of a peninsula teacher raises questions with the health of his entire fifth grade class. >> and the public statement putting the daughter of george w. bush at odds with her fat. >> also ahead. another nasty winter storm is about to hit. bull's eye is not on the east coast this time. >> all that coming up a bit later on "nightline". >> i'm cynthia. coming up next on "nightline". americans flee egypt. atm in cairo run out of cash. protestors stay put. we are in the streets revolution grew. >> 2 teenager children alledgedly executed by their

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>> parents students mourning the sudden death of popular teacher at palo alto elementary school. bacterial infection believed to be the cause of death and precautions now being taken to protect the students. lillian reports from palo alto. >> kind of hard to overcome. >>reporter: anita is a fifth grader at hoover elementary school in palo alto. she learned this morning that her beloved teacher 43-year-old george flat died suddenly over the weekend. >> it seems like it is fate and you can't believe it. >>reporter: school administrators say flat had a cold on friday but felt well enough to come to work. then on saturday flat developed a high fever. he died at the hospital the next day. pun health officers suspect meningitis severe bacterial infection of the bloodstream. >> this is certainly a shock. nobody an pay theed this at all. he wasn't ill. that you would have been worried about had the health. >>reporter: public health officers say the chances the

disease was passed on to his students are extremely low considering the bacteria cab only be transmitted through close prolonged contact. even sought public health department distributed this letter to parents of all grades. in forming them the risk of infection. and parents of student in mr. flat class were given antibiotics to give to their children just in case. >> if someone gets ill with this infection they can become so sick and it is so scary for people around it is really important to get the information out to the families so that they understand. >> he explains to give his daughter the antibiotics but for the most part he's not worried. >> about it need a lot of contact to spread. i don't think we have that kind of contact with mr. flat. >>reporter: the public health department here says the cause of death won't be confirmed for a few more days. department its waiting for lab results. in palo alto, abc 7 news. india government is you

recall you recalling u.s. to treat hundreds of students fairly after officials accuse them oven rolling in a college that served as a front for illegal immigration. first told you about the investigation into tri-valley university in pleasanton early this morning. ice accused on line college of helping immigrant illegally obtain student visa. most of the students there come from india. >> daughter of former president bush is come out in favor of gay marriage. >> new york is about fairness and equality. and everyone should have the right to marry the person that they love. >> barbara bush lives in manhattan and made this for a media blitz by the human right campaign. both her fat and grandfather have said they believe marriage should be between a man and woman. barbara bush remains registered republican. all right. another major storm appears to be taking aim at does he says of state stretching from the rockies to new england. forecasters say chicago can expect one of its worst blizzard since official record keeping began. that's

how serious this is. the storm may dump up to 2 feet of snow across the midwest and northeast p.shoppers in indiana stocked up on food and other essential items just in case they end up being stuck inside of their homes for days at a time which seems likely in some spot. >> yes. sandy has a look at the very latest on conditions there. >>reporter: i'll show you the live doppler 7 hd. you can see this is the storm in the making this is the storm in the making. over the southern plains right now. it is going to impact multiple states from texas all the way up toward the new england area. as a matter of fact they are already warning up. wind chill warnings for much of the rockies and the plains. wind chill expected to drop 30 to 40 degrees below zero. winter storm warnings up from the southern plains all the way up toward the northeast and blizzard warnings there indicated in red so we are expecting upward of 1 to 2 feet of snow. major delay are expected and obviously some possible shut downs at some airport because of the storm.

by contrast here's what it looked like an hour ago from the high definition sutro camera. here locally san francisco just some fog. low clouds along the coast and we have some dense fog in places like santa rose, visibility has already dropped to about a quarter of a mile. down to about a quarter of a mile in fairfield where it is 40 degrees. low 50's san francisco, oakland, half moon bay pretty comfortable weather there. sunny tomorrow. windy evening in the hills. colder night both wed and thursday. we look at milder days the rest of the week. next 7 days as a matter of fact are going to be dry. but chilly tonight temperatures in the mid 30's by morning and napa and santa rosa morning and napa and santa rosa. some upper 30's around fair field and livermore. 42 by morning in san jose and palo alto. as we look at the bigger picture here here's what is going to happen. strong area of high pressure in this the ridge is really building stormtrack has been pushed well up into canada. it is not going to make it way down here any time soon which pretty much

means we are in for a mild set up. here's what is going to happen. higher pressure shift inland. wind comes off the land. blows down toward the ocean. it is a dry offshore flow set up and this will allow for some really mild afternoons heading into the weekend. but the same set up is going to result in locally windy conditions over the hills north northeast wind beginning tomorrow night heading into wednesday morning of about 20 to 30 miles an hour at times so get gusty at times over the hilltop. but really upside to all this is we are going to enjoy some nice sunny days. tomorrow afternoon case in point. 64 in san jose. 65 degrees in campbell. peninsula low 60's from san mateo did you know to mountain view. upper 50's right near the coast line. you will see plenty of sun around downtown san francisco. south san francisco in the low 60's. and in the north bay you get up to close to the 70 degree mark in clover dale degree mark in clover dale ukiah santa rosa tomorrow, east bay 63 in oakland and fremont

and it will feel like spring in the milt of winter inland. 64 in concord and danville. for the monterey bay 61 degrees in monterey. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast windy over the hills tomorrow night. wednesday ground hog day. i believe ground hog will see his shadow. cold night coming up wednesday night heading in thursday morning. but look at the temperature trend. beginning thursday continue beginning thursday continuing right through friday and saturday temperatures in the low 70's inland. low 60's at our beaches. even superbowl sunday nice mild with temperatures in the 60's across about the area. >> coming. veterinary exam that requires the doctor to have plenty of patience. >> indeed. story just ahead stay if

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at the academy never ends either. 38,000 animal from 900 different species call the museum in golden gate park home. >> well the players in the superbowl not the only ones stressed out. according to a study by some los angeles researchers the superbowl can cause dangerous stress levels in fans if the game is particularly close. these people don't look exactly stressed out. cardiologist xairt elevated heart bloop of watching an exciting superbowl to running a marathon. they also found the fans emotional response to the a team can be as strong as a connection to a family member. >> that's close. >> how about that? >> i'm stressed to have enough chip and salsa for sunday. >> never mind my kid. it's all about the green bay packers. >> or pittsburgh. >> i'm sorry dan. sorry. i don't want to get dan mad. you won't like him. stress is about to begin really for the steelers and packers. media day tomorrow. that's always

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season. might be the final game for awhile. just about everybody is expecting a lock out in the spring but the player 81 and league have scheduleded a negotiating session for this saturday. meanwhile packers and steelers arrive in texas today. ben taking his own video. he's live local late breaking. texas spirit cowboy hat and all. the steelers have won 2 superbowl recently. hello. they have more post season experience. 2 and a half point under dog strangely heading into super sunday. >> we don't make the odd. whatever. we still got to go out there and play the game. we have been under dog kind of the last two week almost seems like. nobody picked you. even the coach picked the jets against us. still don't matter to us. we still play the game. >>reporter: here we go. aaron rodgers now legitimate star but he spent three years hyped the legend farve waiting for an opportunity to get than ought field. one person who helped him deal with the frustration steve young who knew a thing or

two about following a legend. >> steve obviously went through a similar situation in san francisco when he took over and i don't want to share any of the conversation we had because those are personal between steve and i but he has been a great guide to lean on for advice. >>reporter: among 100,000 or so who will attend superbowl 45, so who will attend superbowl 45, san francisco native yaibing zo object son he and 3 of his friend are never miss a superbowl club. they were at the very first super bowl in la 44 years ago. maybe you have seen the commercials with them. every superbowl since then. all in their 70's. missed big event weddings birthday but a larry told mike they have no plans-of missing a superbowl. >> we have a lot in common. we talk about superbowl. the get together for lunch now and repeat everything we said we are in all our 70's and don't remember what we said last time. item all like a new conversation. >>reporter: i'm pretty sure there is no never miss a pro

bowl club. yesterday game in hawaii was really a farce. one funny play involved a local player. final second. afc runs the hook and ladder. nobody really particularly interested in making a tackle. mack was interested in scoring. former cal center turning on the jets. out of my way little man. 6 foot 4, 3 helpful pounds he scores. pants falling down. not a pretty scene. mack squad lost 55-41. that's the highlight that will live forever. the warriors off until thursday. host milwaukee but tonight in the nba cavs got a look at the past. wasn't pretty either. faced james in miami. all eye on the king. cleveland defense for getting about wade. the 34 point. for flash. p.diddy in the front row. look at me. i'm important. lebron. with authority. dunking on former teammate head. 117-90. cleveland now lost 21 straight

2 shy of the nba record of 23. >> brutal. who do the seahawks play again. >> yes. steelers. >> thanks larry is that thank you. >> "nightline"up next thanks for watching. >> for all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> see you tomorrow. good night ng ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute.

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